Carnation-holder.



J. A. BECVAR.

GARNATION HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 001". 16, 15 11 1,53,I%. Patented Feb. 18,1913.

Q Q W WITNESSES 1' Ivy/5 v 70A JOSEPH A. BECVAR, 0F TUXEDO PARK, NEW YORK.

CABNATION-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 16, 1911.

Patented Feb. 118, 1913.

Serial No. 654,958.

T 0 all whom it mag concern Be it known that LJosEPH A. Bacvan, a citizen of the United States, residing in Tuxedo Park, county of Orange, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Carnation-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a device of simple and efiicient construction for supporting and guiding growing plants and flowers, such as carnations.

To this end the invention embodies a improved colla sible structure which can be readily assemb ed, and can also be quickly taken apart and compactly stored when not in use, or compactly boxed for shipment.

In the, embodiment of the invention herein described and claimed, I provide a plurality of separate members or units, which may be readily attached together to form the complete device, and, also, be, separated when desired.

Other features of the invention will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated one practical embodiment of the invention, but the construction shown therein is to be understood as illustrative, only,

and not as defining the limits of'the inven-- tion.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the assembled device mounted. in a bench, and Fig. 2 is a partial longitudinal sectional elevation of the device taken centrally of the'structure. v

Referring to the drawings, A are the end members composed of wire uprights or posts a, and the cross tie wires 7). Uprights a are bent at their bottoms in the shape of a loop or eye a, which form. feet or supports. Each of the upper tie wires 1) is provided with a sup orting hook or hooks e for a the side wires 0 are provided with hooks f which rest on the tie wires 6. and embrace the uprights 1, whereby said longitudinal tie members C are supported, substantially b the end members A, but serve to give rigidity to said end members. It will be noted that the cross or transverse wires (l separate the top and longitudinal members into the spaces which are to be occupied by the plants.

The longitudinal members C, as well as top member B, are stiffened against buckling, or partly supported, by the vertical wire uprights 9 extending between them,

said wires 9 being provided with hooks h, or

equivalentmeans, for properly securing them in position on the longitudinal wires 0 and 0. Wires g, it will'be observed, may be readily attached or detached from top member B and longitudinal members C, by reason of the slight spring or yielding action of-said wires and members. The two lower vertical wires 9 are provided with feet a similar in construction to feet a.

I have shown the structure mounted or positioned in a bench or box D, filled with loam or soil E, and in which the plants, such as carnations are grown; It will be apparent that the device may be extended as to length or width without departing from the principle or spirit of the invention, and that a plurality of the devices may be used in a single bench. The end members A are preferably provided with a cross piece 1' positioned at such height as to rest on the soil when the device is mounted in the bench.

From the foregoing description of the structure of the device it will be apparent that, as a whole, it is composed of five separate members, to wit, the two end members A, the top member B and longitudinal tie members C, and, in addition, the interme-. diate supports 9, and that the said members may be readily assembled together, or detached from each other, without necessitating the employment of any fixed connections or attachments.

The manner of using the device, as well as its function, will be apparent from the foregoing description, but it may be described, riefly, as follows. The carnations are planted as usual, and so positioned apart that a single plant will occupy the center of the substantially square or rectangular spaces formed by the longitudinal wires 0 sew and cross wires cl, though, if desired, the. plants may be so positioned that only every other space is occupied by a plant. This will be dependent somewhat, of course, on the dimensions of the said spaces and the particular character of the plant to be grown. As the plants develop they are trained to grow upright in the alining spaces.

- It will be a parent that no particular skill is require to manipulate the device, that it is economical to manufacture, and that it is particularly well adapted to perform its intended functions.

Having thus-fully described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a collapsible carnation support, the combination of end members separate from the carnation bench and each consisting of a substantially rectangular wire frame work having two side members, the lower ends of which form supporting legs which are insertible in the earth of a carnation bench, supporting means near the top. of each end member, a top member consisting of a wire frame work detachably carried by said-supports, a plurality of unitary racks substantially rectangular in shape positi oned below said top member, means on elther end of said racks for detachably securing the racks to the end members, spacing wires in said top member and racks whereby vertically alining spaces are formed in said rack and top members, and

separate tie rods extending between each pair of adjacent racks, and the bottom rack and the ground, said tie rods having hook members for detachably connecting them to the lateral reaches of the top member and the racks.

2. In a collapsible carnation support, the combination of four corner uprights. means for retaining the two uprights at either end of the device-in fixed, spaced relation whereby oppositely placed end portions are formed, and unitary frames of substantially rectangular shape extending from one end portion to the other, said frames being detachably supported 'by the spacing means for the end portions.

3. In a collapsible carnation support, the combination of four corner uprights, means for retaining the two uprights at either end of the device in fixed, spaced relation Whereby oppositely placed end portions are iormed, unitary frames of substantially rectangular shape extending from one end portion to the other, said frames being detachably supported by the spacing means for the end portions, and a tie unit adapted to be positioned in pairs between each pair of racks, and the bottom rack and the ground.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH A. BECVAR. \Vitnesses B.-\n'rrioLo.\mw Pownn, JOSEPH E. 'laxsm'. 

